Prior to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, 5G technologies at the U.S. Department of Defense were incubated in its Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Research and Engineering, or OUSD(R&E). Symbolically, however, with the passing of the aforementioned annual budget three years ago, 5G projects were transferred to...
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 was signed into law at the end of 2023. Among its various mandates were that the Department of Defense cultivate private 5G networks at its service branch bases and outposts. These bases total around 800 globally, representing a clear opportunity for telecommunications providers to offer th...
Vipin Narang, principal deputy assistant secretary for space policy at the Department of Defense, will take on the role of acting assistant secretary of defense for space policy on Monday, May 20. Amanda Dory, acting undersecretary of defense for policy, said in a release published Friday Narang will replace John Plumb, who was confirmed as...
In order to effectively realize Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control — a.k.a. CJADC2, the U.S. Department of Defense’s sweeping data-sharing initiative — information coded in different ways has to be aligned and translated. Since the effort spans across all DOD components and service branches, the inputs “all talk a different langua...
The ever-increasing pace of technological advancement has put pressure on the Department of Defense to ramp up its exploration of 5G, a technology that plays a major role in today’s digitally-driven battlefield. At the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 5G Forum on May 22, you will have the opportunity to hear elite public and private sector experts...
The Defense Innovation Unit awarded 90 prototype other transaction contracts to commercial companies and transitioned 10 commercial technology platforms to Department of Defense users in fiscal year 2023, bringing DIU’s cumulative transition rate to 51 percent. According to DIU’s annual report, the number of awarded prototype OT contracts reflec...
The Department of Defense’s deadline for full zero trust implementation is 2027, and to accomplish this goal, the organization plans to infuse automation into the process of reviewing zero trust plans from its agencies. There are currently 39 zero trust plans in the works, and updates are due each October. According to Randy Resnick, director of...
Information technology is a top priority for the Department of Defense, and the organization is currently working to update its software modernization strategy, according to DOD Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer Leslie Beavers. The existing plan operates around three tenets: accelerating cloud adoption, establishing a software factory eco...
One of the more ambitious missions of the U.S. Department of Defense in recent memory is its dynamic spectrum sharing, or DSS, framework. This initiative aims to identify a pathway to securely open up a spectrum band to commercial wireless users that is typically used for critical military purposes like missile deterrence. The DOD’s work...
The cyber domain is constantly evolving, and as its importance in federal operations has grown, the number and variety of cyber threats has also increased. Technological advancements have made it possible for adversaries to get creative with new types of cyberattacks, and U.S. supply chains are now at risk. Last month, the Department of Defense...
